Not only are there classified ads for museum jobs, but there is also attention to networking. You can join a museum group in your city and there is a group for Emerging Museum Professionals (that could be you!).

Want to work in an arts-related non-profit job/internship? This is a global networking site for non-profits seeking to find practical solutions to social and environmental problems. They have a job/internship search section with a dedicated Arts section.

Mediabistro.com

Mediabistro is for anyone who creates or works with content, or who is a non-creative professional working in a content/creative industry (editors, writers, producers, graphic designers, book publishers, and others in industries including magazines, television, film, radio, newspapers, book publishing, online media, advertising, PR, and design). Posting jobs is a large part of what they do; they also have a whole section devoted to education and helping people get ahead in their respective careers. The bulk of these jobs are freelance writing jobs and lots of them are arts related.

How can I network when I don’t have a job yet and I’m still in school?

-volunteer at an organization or get a one-time temp job – Dumbo Arts Council, College Art Association Conference, nearly all of the arts fairs in NY, film festivals, and so many other organizations will do calls for volunteers (usually rewarded with free tickets) or minimum wage pay to be ticket collectors, facilitators, coat checkers, etc. – it’s not the job, it’s the getting in and getting to know the organizers that is important.

-join a museum college/youth group – most museums in the city have college groups or something similar, it’s a great way to get involved and get to know people. Help organize an event, especially if you are interested in museum development work (fundraising)

-Facebook friend arts organizations in which you are interested in working – they always have pages and this is one way to find out what’s going on with them

-go to parties: go to openings at the places that you’d like to work, attend panel discussions (most of these things are free), see public lectures – often these are followed by receptions and you can introduce yourselves to people in your field of interest

-submit papers to graduate student conferences (grad students) and there are occasionally undergraduate conferences too! If graduate school is in your future, this is an important networking tool for you to participate in.

-go to events at artist studios if you want to be an assistant for an artist (e.g. Gowanus has their annual event where studios are open; the Brooklyn Museum did a huge event last weekend all over Brooklyn; there is a Bushwick open studios event, etc.)

-Use Linked In – connect to organizations in your field in addition to connecting to people

Here is a great article with 10 tips for getting a job in the Art world!